Wednesday, June 10, 2009

Goodyear questions Mideast forum funds

Science Minister draws ire of academics for intervening on controversial conference
Jun 10, 2009
ANNE McILROY
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/goodyear-questions-mideast-forum-funds/article1175909/
June 10, 2009
Karen Birchard
The Chronnicle of Higher Education
http://chronicle.com/news/article/6618/canadas-science-minister-is-accused-of-interfering-with-academic-conference
June 10, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2009/06/10/tech-carbon-cap-and-trade-canada-prentice-draft.html
Jun 10, 2009
Steve Rennie
THE CANADIAN PRESS
http://www.thestar.com/news/canada/article/648691
June 10, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2009/06/10/ontario-wind-turbines.html
Jun 9, 2009
Judy Creighton
The Canadian Press
http://www.google.com/hostednews/canadianpress/article/ALeqM5jwo67tItYxLbZ69GszB4TZ07Y0Jg
Canadians 'cannot count' on Raitt's reassurances over medical isotopes supply: Ignatieff
June 10, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2009/06/10/raitt-statement-isotopes061009.html
Government can't avoid having a continuing role even if nuclear Crown corporation is sold off, C.D. Howe Institute says
Jun 10, 2009
Shawn McCarthy
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/report-on-business/taxpayers-still-on-hook-despite-aecl-privatization-report/article1174933/
June 9, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/consumer/story/2009/06/09/food-production.html
MLAs take aim at their federal counterparts
Jun 10, 2009
BRIAN LAGHI
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/alberta-tories-take-aim-at-brethren/article1174091/
June 10, 2009
Tobi Cohen
The Canadian Press
http://www.google.com/hostednews/canadianpress/article/ALeqM5jwPwNbKXiA5gVq30_NEzFGB8h6Kg
Jun 10, 2009
Noor Javed
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/news/gta/article/648335
Jun 10, 2009
Allan Woods
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/news/canada/article/648348
Jun 10, 2009
Seth Borenstein
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
http://www.thestar.com/sciencetech/article/648631
June 10, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2009/06/09/mb-swine-flu-first-nations.html
June 10, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2009/06/10/swine-flu-who.html
Jun 10, 2009
Reuters
http://www.reuters.com/article/GCA-SwineFlu/idUSTRE5544NQ20090610
June 10, 2009
Canwest News Service
http://www.canada.com/World+very+close+pandemic/1681262/story.html
June 9, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/canada/calgary/story/2009/06/09/calgary-research-lab-mount-royal-college-.html
Budget woes pushing space agency toward significant shift
Jun 9, 2009
Alicia Chang
Associated Press
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/technology/science/nasa-considering-joint-exploration-to-mars-with-europe/article1175481/
June 9, 2009
Laurence Chabert
AFP
http://www.ottawacitizen.com/technology/Nuclear+fusion+power+project+start+slimmed+down+version/1678135/story.html
‘Large swaths of land that people live on and rely on for their livelihoods are going to become partially or entirely uninhabitable'
Jun 10, 2009
Martin Mittelstaedt
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/world/world-faces-daunting-refugee-crisis-because-of-climate-change/article1175616/
Researchers cite climate change in rapid and devastating decline
Jun 10, 2009
Mark Hume
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/british-columbia/reefs-collapse-across-caribbean-study-says/article1175531/
Fearful of roots undermining flood barriers, engineering corps launches nationwide effort to clear away trees; critics say the roots are stabilizing levees, not weakening them
Jun 9, 2009
Cain Burdeau
The Associated Press
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/technology/us-armys-war-on-trees-has-environmentalist-worried/article1175552/
Prime Minister, with an election due within months, had to balance fighting climate change with the needs of industry and voters amid the nation's worst recession since World War II
Jun 10, 2009
Risa Maeda and Chisa Fujioka
Reuters
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/technology/japan-emissions-targets-fail-to-impress/article1176128/
Whether it's something in the air (such as greenhouse gases) or something in the economy (such as oil and food prices), the only field where there currently seems to be a boom is in gloom. But it's not just ranters wearing bathrobes on street corners: Some of the most respected thinkers about science and society are issuing alarming prognostications about humanity coming to an end, with a bang or with a whimper.
Jun 9, 2009
Martin Mittelstaedt
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/world/brace-yourselves-for-apocalypse-now/article1172056/

Canada in the driver's seat

June 10, 2009
The Ottawa Citizen
http://www.ottawacitizen.com/business/fp/Canada+driver+seat/1679833/story.html
June 8, 2009
BRUCE JOHNSTONE
Leader-Post
http://www.leaderpost.com/Business/Gerry+Ritz+happy+support+Canada+agriculture+sector/1673055/story.html
June 10, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2009/06/10/infectious-diseases-shortage-610.html
June 10, 2009
Chuck Howitt
WATERLOO RECORD
http://news.therecord.com/Business/article/550956